Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908

Ho, George Wai-Chun, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea III: Catalogue of the phasmids of Hainan Island, China, with descriptions of one new genus, one new species and two new subspecies and proposals of three new combinations, Zootaxa 4150 (3), pp. 314-340 : 316

Asceles diadema Redtenbacher, 1908

(Figs. 1–4, 17–18)

Asceles diadema, Redtenbacher, 1908: 499 .

Types. Syntypes: 4♂ & 2♀, Than-Moi , Tonkin ( Vietnam), VI–VII, Fruhstorfer, H., catalog no. 965 ( NHMW) .

Other specimens examined. 3♂ & 3♀, Yinggeling Nature Reserve , Baisha, Hainan, China, 16–21.VI.2011, George Ho Wai-Chun (GH).

Distribution. Hainan (Yinggeling), China and Vietnam (Type locality).

Notes. This is a new record for the species in China. Illustrations of abdominal drawings (Figs. 1–4) are based on material collected from Hainan.